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Top Stories of 2009: Mayor’s long legal battle ends quietly

One of Jackson County's most anticipated trials of 2009 was expected to begin in July. But cooler heads prevailed and reached an anti-climactic settlement the day before opening arguments were scheduled. The Kansas City Council voted 7-3 to settle former city employee Ruth Bates' discrimination suit against the city and Mayor Mark Funkhouser for $550,000. "The clients were ...

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